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| Hiking | 8.18 Miles |
1,504 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.18 Miles | 4 Hrs 47 Mns | | 1.72 mph |
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| partners | | On Black Friday we headed south on highway 191 (Highway 666, devils highway) and took highway 266 to the Galiuro Mountains. Once again I was going by my memory of how to get there from Google Earth that I had viewed the day before. We arrived at the trail Head to the Bassett Peak Trail around 10:00. We planned on hiking in 4 miles to where the trail peaks out on the ridge that heads up to Bassett Peak. Fall colors were still going strong but half of it was on the trees and the other half on the ground. It was still a beautiful hike.
The trail was in really good shape which surprised me for being so remote and not an easy trail Head to get to. Ash Creek Road was in better condition than I expected with a few rocky spots where it crosses the creek. We parked about .2 miles from the trail Head even though the road while rough was doable with a high clearance vehicle. Only saw 3 other people in one group heading up the trail to camp. There was a tent at the ridge where we turned around, probably someone hiking the interior trails of the mountain. I will have to consider doing that if I want to hike the other trails in the Galiuro mountains. Other than a hike on the west side of the mountain back in the 70’s this is the first time in these mountains. They have been on my bucket list for a long time. |
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